diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 74531968..fc1e4cd2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,51 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug")
 endif()
 
+get_filename_component(CMAKE_AR_NAME "${CMAKE_AR}" NAME)
+function(bpftime_add_static_lib_component_command target)
+  if(APPLE)
+    if(CMAKE_AR_NAME STREQUAL "ar")
+      list(APPEND CMDS
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory objs/${target}
+        COMMAND bash ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/extract_and_rename.sh $<TARGET_FILE:${target}> objs/${target}
+      )
+      set(BPFTIME_STATIC_LIB_AR_CMDS ${BPFTIME_STATIC_LIB_AR_CMDS} ${CMDS} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    else()
+      message(ERROR " CMAKE_AR is not `ar`. Only archiving with `ar` is supported.")
+    endif()
+  else()
+    list(APPEND CMDS
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory objs/${target}
+      COMMAND bash ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/extract_and_rename.sh $<TARGET_FILE:${target}> objs/${target}
+    )
+    set(BPFTIME_STATIC_LIB_AR_CMDS ${BPFTIME_STATIC_LIB_AR_CMDS} ${CMDS} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  endif()
+  set(BPFTIME_STATIC_LIB_DEPS ${BPFTIME_STATIC_LIB_DEPS} ${target} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(bpftime_add_libs_component_command target_path)
+  get_filename_component(target_name ${target_path} NAME)
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "^lib" "" target_name ${target_name})
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "\.a$" "" target_name ${target_name})
+  if(APPLE)
+    if(CMAKE_AR_NAME STREQUAL "ar")
+      list(APPEND CMDS
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory objs/${target_name}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env bash ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/extract_and_rename.sh ${target_path} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/objs/${target_name}
+      )
+      set(BPFTIME_STATIC_LLVM_LIB_AR_CMDS ${BPFTIME_STATIC_LLVM_LIB_AR_CMDS} ${CMDS} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    else()
+      message(ERROR " CMAKE_AR is not `ar`. Only archiving with `ar` is supported.")
+    endif()
+  else()
+    list(APPEND CMDS
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory objs/${target_name}
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env bash ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/extract_and_rename.sh ${target_path} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/objs/${target_name}
+    )
+    set(BPFTIME_STATIC_LLVM_LIB_AR_CMDS ${BPFTIME_STATIC_LLVM_LIB_AR_CMDS} ${CMDS} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
 if(${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "Debug")
   message(STATUS "Enabling ubsan for Debug builds; Processor=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
   set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}")
@@ -94,6 +139,48 @@ add_subdirectory(vm)
 add_subdirectory(attach)
 
 add_subdirectory(runtime)
+
+
+# add to single archive if option is enabled
+if (${BPFTIME_BUILD_STATIC_LIB})
+set(UBPF_BUILD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/vm/ubpf-vm/ubpf)
+message(STATUS " Adding libraries to single static archive file")
+bpftime_add_static_lib_component_command(bpftime_vm)
+if(${BPFTIME_LLVM_JIT})
+bpftime_add_static_lib_component_command(bpftime_llvm_jit_vm)
+else()
+bpftime_add_static_lib_component_command(bpftime_ubpf_vm)
+bpftime_add_libs_component_command(${UBPF_BUILD_DIR}/lib/libubpf.a)
+endif()
+bpftime_add_libs_component_command(${FRIDA_GUM_INSTALL_DIR}/libfrida-gum.a)
+bpftime_add_libs_component_command(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BUILD_DIR}/libbpf/libbpf/libbpf.a)
+bpftime_add_static_lib_component_command(bpftime_frida_uprobe_attach_impl)
+bpftime_add_static_lib_component_command(bpftime_syscall_trace_attach_impl)
+bpftime_add_static_lib_component_command(runtime)
+bpftime_add_static_lib_component_command(spdlog)
+add_custom_command(OUTPUT "libbpftime.a"
+    ${BPFTIME_STATIC_LIB_AR_CMDS}
+    ${BPFTIME_STATIC_LLVM_LIB_AR_CMDS}
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_AR} -qcs libbpftime.a objs/*/*.o
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory objs
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    DEPENDS ${BPFTIME_STATIC_LIB_DEPS}
+    )
+add_custom_target(bpftime_static_target ALL DEPENDS "libbpftime.a")
+add_library(bpftime_static STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+add_dependencies(bpftime_static bpftime_static_target)
+
+set_target_properties(bpftime_static
+PROPERTIES
+IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libbpftime.a"
+)
+
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libbpftime.a
+DESTINATION ~/.bpftime 
+)
+
+endif()
+
 if (${BUILD_BPFTIME_DAEMON})
   add_subdirectory(daemon)
 endif()
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9c7a0aca..87f787a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ release-with-llvm-jit: ## build the package, with llvm-jit
 				   -DBPFTIME_LLVM_JIT=1
 	cmake --build build --config RelWithDebInfo --target install -j$(JOBS)
 
+release-with-static-lib: ## build the release version with libbpftime archive
+	cmake -Bbuild  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RelWithDebInfo \
+				   -DSPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL=SPDLOG_LEVEL_INFO -DBPFTIME_BUILD_STATIC_LIB=ON
+	cmake --build build --config RelWithDebInfo --target install  -j$(JOBS)
+
 build-vm: ## build only the core library
 	make -C vm build
 
diff --git a/cmake/StandardSettings.cmake b/cmake/StandardSettings.cmake
index 9be48091..2404225f 100644
--- a/cmake/StandardSettings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/StandardSettings.cmake
@@ -81,4 +81,7 @@ option(ENABLE_EBPF_VERIFIER "Whether to enable ebpf verifier" OFF)
 option(BUILD_BPFTIME_DAEMON "Whether to build the bpftime daemon" ON)
 
 # whether to build with shared bpf_map
-option(BPFTIME_BUILD_KERNEL_BPF "Whether to build with bpf share maps" ON)
\ No newline at end of file
+option(BPFTIME_BUILD_KERNEL_BPF "Whether to build with bpf share maps" ON)
+
+# whether to build single static library
+option(BPFTIME_BUILD_STATIC_LIB "Whether to build a single static library for different archive files" OFF)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/extract_and_rename.sh b/cmake/extract_and_rename.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a78f9957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/extract_and_rename.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if the correct number of arguments is provided
+if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <archive> <output_dir>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+archive=$1
+output_dir=$2
+
+# Ensure the output directory exists
+mkdir -p "$output_dir"
+
+# List files in the archive
+files=$(ar t "$archive")
+
+# Declare an associative array to count occurrences of each file
+declare -A file_count
+
+# Count occurrences of each file
+for file in $files; do
+  ((file_count["$file"]++))
+done
+
+# Extract files individually, renaming duplicates
+for file in "${!file_count[@]}"; do
+  count=${file_count["$file"]}
+  if [[ $count -gt 1 ]]; then
+    for ((i = 1; i <= count; i++)); do
+      ar xN $i "$archive" "$file"
+      new_file="${file%.o}.$i.o"
+      mv "$file" "$output_dir/$new_file"
+    done
+  else
+    ar x "$archive" "$file"
+    mv "$file" "$output_dir/$file"
+  fi
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/libbpftime_example/Makefile b/example/libbpftime_example/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..700317f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/libbpftime_example/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+CXX = g++
+
+CXXFLAGS = -I../../runtime/include \
+           -I../../vm/compat/include \
+		   -I../../third_party/spdlog/include \
+		   -I../../vm/vm-core/include
+
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+
+LDFLAGS = -L$(HOME)/.bpftime
+LDLIBS = -lbpftime -lboost_system -lrt -lbpf
+
+SHM_SRC = main.cpp
+
+SHM_TARGET = shm_example
+
+help:
+	@echo "Available targets:"
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*## "}; {printf " %-20s %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+
+shm_example: $(SHM_SRC) ## build shared memory example
+	$(CXX) -o $(SHM_TARGET) $(SHM_SRC) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean: ## clean the build
+	rm -f $(SHM_TARGET) example_shm.json
diff --git a/example/libbpftime_example/README.md b/example/libbpftime_example/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a28466fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/libbpftime_example/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+## Example program
+
+This is a sample program showcasing the use of libbpftime.
+
+I am using headers from runtime and I am linking `libbpftime.a` which is installed in `~/.bpftime`
+
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+following command should have been run, so that `libbpftime.a` exists in `~/.bpftime` directory
+
+```shell
+cmake -Bbuild  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release \
+           -DSPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL=SPDLOG_LEVEL_INFO -DBPFTIME_BUILD_STATIC_LIB=ON
+cmake --build build --config Release --target install
+```
+
+
+### Build
+
+- Makefile
+
+You can make examples using makefile:
+
+> Using make to run examples is preferred
+
+run `make` and you will see the following output
+
+```shell
+Available targets:
+ shm_example          build shared memory example
+ clean                clean the build
+```
+
+command to execute the code:
+when not using llvm-jit
+```shell
+g++ -o example main.cpp -I../../runtime/include -I../../vm/compat/include/ -I../../third_party/spdlog/include -I../../vm/vm-core/include -L~/.bpftime -lbpftime -lboost_system -lrt -lbpf
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/libbpftime_example/ebpf.json b/example/libbpftime_example/ebpf.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9f1ff27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/libbpftime_example/ebpf.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "1": {
+        "type": "bpf_prog_handler",
+        "name": "example_prog",
+        "attr": {
+            "insns": "abcd1234ef567890",
+            "type": 1,
+            "cnt": 1,
+            "attach_fds": [2, 3]
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/libbpftime_example/main.cpp b/example/libbpftime_example/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e712a4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/libbpftime_example/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include "bpftime_shm.hpp"
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+
+int main() {
+    bpftime_initialize_global_shm(bpftime::shm_open_type::SHM_CREATE_OR_OPEN);
+    const char* jsonFileName = "example_shm.json";
+    const char* importJsonName = "ebpf.json";
+    SPDLOG_INFO("GLOBAL memory initialized ");
+    // load json program to shm
+    bpftime_import_global_shm_from_json(importJsonName);
+    // export it to another json file
+    bpftime_export_global_shm_to_json(jsonFileName);
+    // remove content from global shm
+    bpftime_remove_global_shm();
+    return 0;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index b9dc398d..4ec1f325 100644
--- a/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ endif()
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
 
 # Find all headers and implementation files
+if(NOT DEFINED ARCH)
+  set(ARCH ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR})
+endif()
 message(STATUS "Building for architecture: ${ARCH}")
 
 set(sources